{"id":317097,"date":"2026-05-15T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317097\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:29:16","slug":"editors-note-for-image-magazines-may-momentum-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/317097\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor’s note for Image magazine’s May “Momentum” issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This story is part of Image\u2019s May Momentum<\/a> issue, which looks at art as a sport and sport as an art.<\/p>\n

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I love reading about artists\u2019 processes and routines. Toni Morrison wrote before dawn, before her children awoke and she had to go to her publishing job. In the evenings, Maya Angelou cleaned and put away all her dishes before she sat with what she had written that morning. Louise Bourgeois only worked in complete silence. These rules and routines are reminders that art takes work \u2014 and immense amounts of energy.<\/p>\n

I grew up with parents who are also artists and had to find time for their projects between life and daily obligations. My father wrote in the early mornings; my mother painted in the hours after lunch and before we were done with school. It normalized for me the intentional carving out of time needed for writing, reading and creating. This has meant that I\u2019m almost always busy doing something, and sometimes tired, but when I don\u2019t carve that time, I\u2019m guaranteed to be in a bad mood, like the hanger that comes from skipping a meal. <\/p>\n

In Viv Chen\u2019s interview with Tory Burch<\/a>, the designer compares her workdays to being \u201clike an athlete where it\u2019s about discipline and grit and endurance.\u201d It\u2019s a sentiment that sums up much of the spirit of this issue, which looks at art as a sport and sport as an art. Whether you\u2019re playing f\u00fatbol<\/a>, sewing clothes<\/a> or staging a performance<\/a>, it\u2019s a physical as well as mental game. <\/p>\n

Above all, the artist-athletes in these pages show us the rewards of their commitments. We witness this in the sizzling images of Tory Burch shoes <\/a>pounding the hot Los Angeles pavement and in the sportswear designs that Otis students worked on for months<\/a>, the results literally glowing and electric. We witness this in the portraits of Betye Saar<\/a>, regally dressed in a Gucci kaftan for what will likely be the last exhibition she\u2019s involved in during her lifetime. We witness this in the image of our f\u00fatbol queen on the cover<\/a>, strong, reverent and at peace. These stories are all reminders that dedication to one\u2019s craft is not just life-giving, it\u2019s what makes life worth living. <\/p>\n

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Elisa Wouk Almino Editor in chief
Jess Aquino de Jesus Design Director
Julissa James Staff Writer
Claire Salinda Staff Writer
Keyla Marquez Fashion Director at Large
Elizabeth Burr Art Director
Jamie Sholberg Art Director, Web
Samantha Lee Editorial Intern
Jennelle Fong Contributing Photographer
Tyler Matthew Oyer
Contributing Photographer
Mere Studios Contributing Producer
Cecilia Alvarez Blackwell
Contributing Producer
Dave Schilling Contributing Writer
Harmony Holiday Contributing Writer
Goth Shakira Contributing Writer<\/p>\n

Cover<\/p>\n

Fashion Direction Keyla Marquez
Creative Direction Keyla Marquez
Photography Guicho Palma
Styling Julianna Aguirre Martinez
Talent Yusra, Natalie Renelle Mu\u00f1oz,
Dylan D. Lopez
Hair Jeanette Ponce
Makeup Selena Ruiz
Nails Tatiana Calderon
Production Cecilia Alvarez Blackwell
Styling Assistant Matzi
Videographer Abraham Anzurez Galindo
Gaffer James Armas
Photo Assistants Monica Zulema,
Diego Luciano
Image Flag Bas van Brandwijk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This story is part of Image\u2019s May Momentum issue, which looks at art as a sport and sport…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[2308,12837,8293,54407,132543,1520,1793,48,52,51,1637,47,50,49,2667,17294,18170,7496,315,132542,1968],"class_list":["post-317097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-futbol","tag-image-magazine","tag-immense-amount","tag-interview","tag-issue","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-life","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-morning","tag-reminder","tag-routine","tag-sport","tag-time","tag-tory-burch","tag-work"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}